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Oct 20, 2020
Procter & Gamble (P&G) has reported a 9% increase in net sales in its first-quarter fiscal year 2021 (July-September 2020) figures compared to the previous year. P&G’s beauty segment organic sales increased by 7% compared to the previous year. Skin and personal care organic sales increased in the high single digits, driven by innovation-led growth in North America and…
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Unilever has teamed up with Recycling Technologies, a specialist plastic recycling technology provider, and renewable fuels firm Neste to recover and reuse plastic packaging that is currently incinerated, buried in landfill, or exported from the UK. The joint project has been awarded a £3.1 million (€3.41 million) grant from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to develop chemical recycling by…
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Oct 15, 2020
Nicolas Hieronimus, former deputy CEO at L’Oreal, has taken on the role of CEO. Hieronimus joined L’Oreal 33 years ago and has spent his entire career with the group, in many countries and divisions. He has been deputy CEO in charge of divisions since 2017. As the firm’s articles of association do not provide for any exception to the legal retirement age of 65, Jean-Paul Agon must…
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Oct 14, 2020
ADF&PCD and PLD Paris 2021 has been rescheduled by organiser Easyfairs. The event, which incorporates the leading aerosol and dispensing forum, was originally scheduled to take place on 20 and 21 January 2021 but has been postponed to 22 and 23 June. Along with the change in dates, a new programme of digital and face-to-face activity has been announced to drive packaging innovation in…
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Global plastic packaging manufacturer and recycling specialist ALPLA has developed the world’s first carbon-neutral recycled PET. ALPLA switched its PET Recycling Team plants in Wollersdorf, Austria, and Radomsko, Poland, to a mix of electricity from renewable sources to produce carbon-neutral recycled polyethylene terephthalate. Georg Lässer, head of recycling at ALPLA, said: “This…
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Oct 13, 2020
Henkel has reported strong organic sales growth in the third quarter of 2020. Based on preliminary figures, Henkel delivered organic sales growth of +3.9% in Q3. The beauty care division delivered strong organic sales growth of +4.3%. While the development of the organisation’s hair salon business was below the level of the same period in 2019 despite a recovery, the retail business achieved…
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Oct 12, 2020
LINDAL Group has launched a new aerosol actuator, Teo, with a universal design making it suitable for personal care and home care applications. Officially unveiled at ADF&PCD and PLD Paris in January, the 52mm Teo actuator is predominantly suited to body sprays, air fresheners, and fabric care products. The actuator is a mono-material with a combination of matt and gloss finished…
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Oct 12, 2020
Nobel laureate Mario Molina, who helped to discover the damaging effects of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which were commonly used in aerosol products, has died. The UC San Diego researcher, who shared the 1995 Nobel Prize in chemistry for helping discover that CFCs were destroying the Earth’s ozone layer, died on 7 October at the age of 77. According to an obituary by the Los Angeles…
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Oct 9, 2020
The International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers (AEROBAL) has announced the winners of its World Aluminium Aerosol Can Award. The jury, formed of well-known trade journalists from leading packaging magazines and other specialist media from all over the world, awarded the World Aluminium Aerosol Can Award 2020 to cans produced by Turkish manufacturer…
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Oct 9, 2020
TUBEX and Unilever have joined forces to create the first aerosol can on the market using real post-consumer recycled content. TUBEX and Unilever recently introduced the first can on the market with real post-consumer recycled content (PCR). What seems so easy and obvious is really the result of a long, continuous, joint research and development effort by the consortium, comprising Neuman…
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Production of aluminium aerosol cans has only decreased slightly, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, although manufacturers should expect a further decline in demand in the second half of the year. According to the International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers (AEROBAL) recorded a relatively moderate decline in the global production of aluminium cans of almost 2% for the…
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Oct 5, 2020
Formulated Solutions has passed a series of assessments to be awarded three separate ISO Standards. The contract manufacturing and formulation firm received ISO 9001:2015 Quality, ISO 14001:2015 Environmental, and ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health & Safety. In a statement, the company said: “We are very proud to have received these three brand-new ISO certifications. Achieving these…
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Oct 2, 2020
A unique colour coding and two-way search system has helped customers of LINDAL Group to better identify their products and services. In January 2019, LINDAL Group hit the launch button on its new website. Complete with a product colour coding concept, 360° product views and a host of other new features, the platform has since been paying dividends for its visitors. Group marketing manager…
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Speakers at a European Aluminium web workshop stressed the need to invest now in aluminium packaging sorting and recycling. The event, which took place on 30 September, welcomed several speakers in the field to discuss investing in the circular economy. Andy Doran, chairman of the Packaging Group, and Michael Langen of HTP, a German consultancy on waste management, stated that by using a…
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Sep 28, 2020
Since graduating in engineering from Milan University, Italy, Fabio Barozzi has been dedicated to the aerosol industry. Launching his career with well-known firm Coster, Barozzi stayed with the company for more than 20 years, before deciding to put his knowledge and experience into designing new technology for aerosol production. Working with a team of specialists, Barozzi developed new…
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Sep 24, 2020
Entries for the European Aerosol Federation’s (FEA) Global Aerosol Awards 2020 will close on 7 October. The awards are open for products, projects, or campaigns across seven categories, to celebrate the ‘genius, creativity, and technical excellence’ of the aerosol industry. The categories are as follows: Innovative Product 2020 – Aimed at encouraging innovation and technical…
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Sep 23, 2020
After ‘satisfactory’ market development in the first half of the year, the deliveries of aluminium tubes and aerosol cans to the German market are now ‘significantly declining’. The Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie (GDA) reported that in the first six months of 2020, deliveries of aluminium aerosol cans were already in decline compared to the previous year’s figures. Overall, the…
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Sep 21, 2020
Alberto Pedemonte, chief marketing officer at Nussbaum, discusses the company’s new aerosol can made from 100% post-consumer recycled aluminium. Nussbaum Matzingen, a manufacturer of aluminium monobloc cans, has launched its sustainable innovation – an aerosol can made from 100% postconsumer- recycled (PCR) aluminium. It is the first of its kind of aerosol can containing no primary…
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